Short answers, pulled from the story.
The earliest printed appearance of the name occurred in Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas's book Descripcion de las Indias Ocidentales published in Madrid in 1601. Hernando de Escalante Fontaneda described Tanpa as an important town located to the north of the main Calusa domain during his 17 years as a captive.
Yellow fever outbreaks in the 1860s and 1870s caused more residents to leave the struggling community. Population dropped to about 700 by 1880 prompting residents to vote to abolish city government in 1869.
Phosphate was discovered in the Bone Valley region southeast of Tampa in 1883. This mineral vital for fertilizer production soon became a major export shipped from Port Tampa.
Factories rolled their first cigars in 1886 attracting many Italian and Eastern European Jewish immigrants who opened businesses catering to workers. By 1900 over 10,000 immigrants had settled in what became known as Ybor City creating two Latin communities that exponentially expanded the population.
MacDill Field became an active military installation after the war ending in 1947 when it was renamed MacDill Air Force Base. The University of South Florida opened its doors to students in September 1960 spurring residential and commercial construction around North Tampa.